Cairns Health Acquires Together by Renee
Cairns Health has announced the acquisition of Together by Renee, an AI-powered healthcare app from SixD Inc. Founded in 2021, Together by Renee is a personal healthcare assistant designed to help everyone, especially aging and those with multiple chronic conditions, with their most essential healthcare tasks. Cairns Health is a digital care companion for senior living and home care. Through conversational AI, patients use their voice to interact with a digital care companion, who proactively gives medication reminders, symptom checks, behavioral nudges and even engages in friendly conversation to ease loneliness. Cairns uses a device that includes radar to put the patient in... Read More »
Hazel Health Acquires Little Otter & Names New CEO
Pediatric behavioral health provider Hazel Health announced its second acquisition this year. The San Francisco, California-based company has acquired fellow youth mental health startup Little Otter. This comes just one month after the provider closed a deal to purchase youth mental health startup BeMe Health in September 2025. Little Otter is a youth mental health startup headquartered in San Francisco, California. Little Otter provides coaching, therapy and psychiatric services for children with mental health challenges and their families It was founded in 2020 by mother-daughter team Dr. Helen Egger, a child psychiatrist, and Rebecca Egger, a technology and product development... Read More »
R1 RCM to Acquire Leading AI Platform Phare Health
On October 14, R1 RCM announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Phare Health for an undisclosed price. Phare Health is a healthcare technology company building AI-native solutions for inpatient coding and clinical documentation improvement. Founded in 2023 by a group of healthcare and AI leaders, Phare Health seeks to make healthcare reimbursement fair, transparent and effortless. The company is funded by General Catalyst. Founded in 2003, R1 RCM is an American revenue cycle management (RCM) company servicing hospitals, health systems and physician groups across the United States. The company was jointly acquired by TowerBrook Capital Partners and Clayton, Dubilier &... Read More »
Shofner Capital Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in PtEverywhere
On October 7, PtEverywhere announced a strategic growth investment from Shofner Capital Partners and the appointment of Andrew Shofner as Chief Executive Officer. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Shofner joins full-time to guide the company’s next phase of growth, focused on expanding the leadership team, advancing product innovation and scaling nationwide adoption. Previously, Mr. Shofner was the Founder and Managing Partner at Shofner Capital Partners. PtEverywhere is an all-in-one practice management platform built specifically for rehab therapy clinics. Designed by clinicians, the platform integrates scheduling, documentation, billing, telehealth, messaging... Read More »
